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ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



The average net profit of herd " R " was $23.19, and the 

 herd charged 13.5 cents to make one pound of butter-fat and 

 44.3 cents to make 100 pounds of milk. 



In estimating the profit or loss on a cow it was counted 

 that the calf paid for her keep while dry, and the skim milk paid 

 for labor. She was charged for the feed consumed when she was 

 giving milk and credited with the amount of butter-fat she pro- 

 duced, which was valued at market price, at the time she made it. 



The rations for the cows were not weighed each day. A 

 number of dishes of meal were weighed in order to get the 

 average amount of feed that the measure held and the numbr of 

 dishs that each cow received a day was recorded. Cut corn 

 stover, hay and ensilage were estimated in the same manner. 



The cow that produced the most butter fat gave 8,230 

 pounds of milk and made 483 pounds of butter. The poorest 

 cow yielded 1,866 pounds of milk, and 00 pounds of butter. The 

 average production for all the herds was 5,025 pounds of milk, 

 3.98 per cent fat, 200 pounds of butter fat, and 233 pounds of 

 butter. 



The average price of grain and roughage from February 1, 

 1902, to July 1, 1903, was as follows : 



Bran $15.00 per ton. Corn and cob meal. .$12.00 per ton. 



Shorts 15.00 



Corn meal 14.00 



Oil meal 24.00 



Gluten meal 24.00 



Gluten feed 22.00 



Peoria gluten 20.00 



Granc-gluten 20.00 



Timothy hay 7.00 " 



Millet hay 7.00 " 



Clover hay 7.00 " 



Millet hay 7.00 " 



Corn stover 2.00 " . " 



Corn silage 2.00 " 



Oats 22.00 " 



Pasture 1.00 per mo. 



The price of grain is based upon the purchase price in the 

 city market, and the price of roughage is based upon the pur- 

 chase price at the farm. When the cow is charged with the above 

 prices for farm products the farmer receives a profit on his land 

 and the profit which the cows gives him is over and above what 

 he could have received for his products if he had sold them upon 

 the market, and moreover, the cows are often fed that which is 

 not marketable. Take corn stover for example, what would it be 



